223: Media Minimalism, Primary Sources, and Reclaiming Attention with Kira Shishkin

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Key Takeaways:

Attention is a Superpower: Why losing the ability to focus is a loss of personal power, and how to safeguard your attention footprint.

Primary Sources vs. Commentary: The importance of reading the original documents (like a Supreme Court opinion) rather than relying on biased analysis from talking heads.

Quality of Thought: A three-step framework for better thinking: write it down, speak it to a human, and publish it publicly to face scrutiny.

Bias for Action: Why you should ship "version zero" and fix it later, rather than waiting for perfection.

The Power of Helping: How the simple act of helping one person without strings attached is the root of true entrepreneurship.

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Quotes

"News readership as the biggest investment you can make in yourself as an adult... keeping in touch with the world as espousing a curiosity for the environment in which you are."

"Attention is the human superpower. Whatever your superpower is, it gets unlocked through your attention."

"We focus on significance. We don't focus on things that will trigger you... We focus on things that are going to change the world."

"Perfect is the enemy of done... You would rather get a version zero out there in the world... than wait for double or triple the time to figure out some sort of perfect version."

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